[PATCH] HID: logitech-hidpp: fix race condition when accessing stale stack pointer

From: Benoit Sevens

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 11:02:29 EST


From: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@xxxxxxxxxx>

The driver uses hidpp->send_receive_buf to point to a stack-allocated
buffer in the synchronous command path (__do_hidpp_send_message_sync).
However, this pointer is not cleared when the function returns.

If an event is processed (e.g. by a different thread) while the
send_mutex is held by a new command, but before that command has
updated send_receive_buf, the handler (hidpp_raw_hidpp_event) will
observe that the mutex is locked and dereference the stale pointer.

This results in an out-of-bounds access on a different thread's kernel
stack (or a NULL pointer dereference on the very first command).

Fix this by:
1. Clearing hidpp->send_receive_buf to NULL before releasing the mutex
in the synchronous command path.
2. Moving the assignment of the local 'question' and 'answer' pointers
inside the mutex_is_locked() block in the handler, and adding
a NULL check before dereferencing.

Signed-off-by: Benoît Sevens <bsevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
index e871f1729d4b..42f7ea5b25dc 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
@@ -306,21 +306,22 @@ static int __do_hidpp_send_message_sync(struct hidpp_device *hidpp,
if (ret) {
dbg_hid("__hidpp_send_report returned err: %d\n", ret);
memset(response, 0, sizeof(struct hidpp_report));
- return ret;
+ goto out;
}

if (!wait_event_timeout(hidpp->wait, hidpp->answer_available,
5*HZ)) {
dbg_hid("%s:timeout waiting for response\n", __func__);
memset(response, 0, sizeof(struct hidpp_report));
- return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+ goto out;
}

if (response->report_id == REPORT_ID_HIDPP_SHORT &&
response->rap.sub_id == HIDPP_ERROR) {
ret = response->rap.params[1];
dbg_hid("%s:got hidpp error %02X\n", __func__, ret);
- return ret;
+ goto out;
}

if ((response->report_id == REPORT_ID_HIDPP_LONG ||
@@ -328,10 +329,14 @@ static int __do_hidpp_send_message_sync(struct hidpp_device *hidpp,
response->fap.feature_index == HIDPP20_ERROR) {
ret = response->fap.params[1];
dbg_hid("%s:got hidpp 2.0 error %02X\n", __func__, ret);
- return ret;
+ goto out;
}

- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+
+out:
+ hidpp->send_receive_buf = NULL;
+ return ret;
}

/*
@@ -3840,8 +3845,7 @@ static int hidpp_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev,
static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
int size)
{
- struct hidpp_report *question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
- struct hidpp_report *answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+ struct hidpp_report *question, *answer;
struct hidpp_report *report = (struct hidpp_report *)data;
int ret;
int last_online;
@@ -3851,6 +3855,12 @@ static int hidpp_raw_hidpp_event(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 *data,
* previously sent command.
*/
if (unlikely(mutex_is_locked(&hidpp->send_mutex))) {
+ question = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+ answer = hidpp->send_receive_buf;
+
+ if (!question)
+ return 0;
+
/*
* Check for a correct hidpp20 answer or the corresponding
* error
--
2.53.0.1118.gaef5881109-goog